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Globalization And Catholic Social Thought: Present Crisis, Future Hope
Novalis Press (CN), 2005
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Theology for Ministry
Margaret Lavin
Novalis Press (CN), 2004
More and more people are involved in ministry today. Whether as lay pastoral assistants, chaplains, pastors, religious education teachers, or youth group leaders, more Catholics are involved in ministry work. But what is ministry? How do we do ministry, and why? Lavin believes that lay and consecrated ministers benefit from a theological foundation to what they do. This means asking who we believe our God to be, and who we are in relationship ...
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The Human Right to Peace
Douglas Roche
Novalis Press (CN), 2003
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Growing Up With God: Using Stories to Explore a Child's Faith and Life
Nancy Cocks
Novalis Press (CN), 2003
Children are innately curious about God. Given a chance, they can ask very provocative questions! Nancy Cocks has spent years listening to the stories children have to tell and the questions they have about God. Tapping into her own childhood memories and imagination, she has written stories to answer these questions and to prompt the kinds of discussions that lead both children and adults to a better understanding of their loving God. Cocks ...
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Mystic Street 5 reviews
S. T. Georgiou
Novalis Press (CN), 2007
Travels of the Heart
In his latest book, "Mystic Street", Steve Georgiou has a turn of phrase that often strikes me as being true to the experience of so many of us: "we are travelers of the heart" (p.32). Consequently, I read Georgiou's book as an invitation to travel the uncharted territory of my own heart and life experiences. It's something of a travel book, one that describes a fabulous journey through inner and ...
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Bountyfull Healing: A Guide for the Broken-Hearted
Larry Mackey
Novalis Press (CN), 2004
With decades of experience helping heal hearts broken by trauma and pain, Larry Mackey presents readers with this wisdom and insights. He has found through his work at Bountyfull House in Vancouver that narrative storytelling is a therapeutic tool. When people engage in telling their own story and pay attention to the Gospel story, breakthroughs occur and wonderful things happen. Mackey approaches his topic of healing and spirituality not as ...
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How to Befriend Your Shadow: Welcoming Your Unloved Side
John Monbourquette
Novalis Press (CN), 2001
It is not by looking into the light that we become luminous, but by plunging into the darkness. " - Carl G. Jung What is your shadow? The shadow is everything that we have driven back into the unconscious for fear of being rejected by people who played a determining role in our upbringing. Afraid we would lose their affection if we disappointed them, we soon learned to discern what was acceptable in their eyes and what was not. To please them, ...
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Becoming Fully Human: Living the Bible with God, Each Other and the Environment
Walter Vogels
Novalis Press (CN), 2003
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Torture: Religious Ethics And National Security 2 reviews
John Perry
Novalis Press (CN), 2005
An intellectual study of the history and meaning of torture and the clarification of what makes it immoral
Torture: Religious Ethics And National Security by Jesuit priest and professor of ethics John Perry is an intellectual study of the history and meaning of torture and the clarification of what makes it immoral from an especially Christian perspective. As Perry introduces his own views, he also presents the perspective of both the torture victim and the torturer, giving an equal layout without a ...
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Ayorama: That's the Way It Is
Raymond De Coccola, Paul King
Novalis Press (CN), 2007
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The Face of Friendship: A True Story of Hope and Transformation1 review
Bill Clarke
Novalis Press (CN), 2004
The Face of Friendship
The Face of Friendship written by a Canadian Jesuit Bill Clarke takes place on a farm in Ontario and describes the community that existed there among the Jesuit Priests and religious Sisters and both laymen and laywomen. I have not finished the book as yet, but basically it focuses on the special friendship that ensues between Bill Clarke the Jesuit and one of the members of the community, Byron ...
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Benedicamus Domino!: Let Us Bless the Lord! the Theological Foundations of the Liturgical Renewal
Attila Mikloshazy
Novalis Press (CN), 2002
What is liturgy? This is the question that Bishop Attila Mikloshazy sts about answering in this book. Benedicamus Domino! is the fruit of his four-decade long career as a university professor, workshop leader and bishop. Part One offers a primer of the theological foundations of the liturgical renewal in the Catholic Church. part Two applies the principles outlined in the first part of the book to the liturgies of each of the sacraments. The ...
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Theology for Teachers (Threshold Bible Study)
Ian Knox, Stephen J. Binz
Novalis Press (CN), 1999
Theology for Teachers is a book for anyone interested in a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the Catholic faith. It is ideal for those who are preparing to teach in Catholic schools, as it fills the need for a basic text suited to the curriculum guideline of the Institute for Catholic Education for university courses in religious education. The book is divided into five sections: "Principles of Faith and Faith Growth"; "An ...
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How to Forgive: A Step-By-Step Guide (John Monbourquette)1 review
John Monbourquette
Novalis Press (CN)
A Forgiveness Winner
I bought this book knowing nothing about it or the author. Quite unusal for me, but I had time constraints and just did it. I have rarely been so wonderfull rewarded for taking a chance on a book, a top 3 of its kind, and the author, whose writing and poetry are masterful. If you have any issues with forgiveness buy this book.
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The Challenge of Forgiveness (Saint Paul University Series on Pastoral Counselling)
Novalis Press (CN), 2002
In this first book in a new series, twelve leading practitioners and theorists explore the theory and practice of forgiveness and its place in pastoral counselling. Together they present an insight-filled overview of the meaning of forgiveness and the difficulty of attaining it in concrete situations ranging from marital infidelity to large social ills such as abuse in residential schools. The result is a collection of experience-rich ...
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Gem: The Life of Sister Mac-Geraldine MacNamara (Out of the Ordinary)
Eleanor J. Stebner
Novalis Press (CN), 2001
In a culture that seemed to have given up on Native youth, a petite Winnipeg nun founded a drop-in centre that soon became a beacon of hope for Native youth in the city's poorest neighbourhood. Twenty-five years later, Rossbrook House remains a thriving school, training centre and a place for young people to socialize safely. Guided by Sister Mac's conviction that "no child who does not want to be alone should ever have to be," Rossbrook House ...
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Sacred Journey: Daily Readings for Lent 2005
Novalis Press (CN), 2004
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Words for the Inner Life
Enzo Bianchi
Novalis Press (CN), 2002
In the early centuries of Christianity, wise elders were often asked by young monks or visitors to monasteries, "Father, give me a word." They were asking for a word of instruction that would help them walk in the footsteps of the Lord. A word of life that was drawn from everyday life and that was able to give meaning to it. A word originating form outside of themselves but able to descend into each seeker's heart. Words for the Inner Life ...
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The Doctor Will Not See You Now 1 review
Jane Poulson
Novalis Press (CN), 2002
A broad range of appeal
"The Doctor Will Not See You Now" is an interesting autobiography of the first blind physician in Canada. Dr Jane Poulson suffered from ill health but kept up her zeal for life through great friendships, a rewarding career and deep faith. The author uses amusing anecdotes from her medical career, and provides insights into how faith can be maintained in the face of obstacles.
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